1. Week Nine, Day One Novel Unit: The Tale of Despereaux
Fourth Grade ELA
Week Nine, Day One
Novel Unit: The Tale of Despereaux
This session will be recorded for learning purposes.  Learning purposes include: a lesson review for students who are absent, students who want to review for a test, etc. and will be distributed for learning purposes.

2. Daily Review RL 4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event Draw a quick sketch of how you visualize the dungeon.
Place students into independent BO rooms to complete. Save a few student examples to share.

3. Vocabulary defiant = showing resistance or being uncooperative
ignorant = uneducated or lacking knowledge
dappled = marked with spots
Ask students to read definitions on mic and discuss meanings WG

4. Teacher Read Aloud
Ask for student responses in chat and on microphone

5. How is the princess feeling right now? How do you know?
Teacher Read Aloud
Ask for student responses in chat and on microphone
How is the princess feeling right now? How do you know?
(RL 4.1)

6. Do you think Princess Pea will be able to escape?
Teacher Read Aloud
Ask for student responses in chat and on microphone
Do you think Princess Pea will be able to escape?
(RL 4.1)

7. Teacher Read Aloud
Why is the Princess talking to her mom and thinking about soup? (RL 4.1)
Ask for student responses in chat and on microphone

8. Teacher Read Aloud
Ask for student responses in chat and on microphone
Highlight the examples of light AND dark in the text. What do you think this imagery means for the characters?
(RL 4.2)

9. What can we add to our knowledge of Princess Pea?
Teacher Read Aloud
What can we add to our knowledge of Princess Pea?
(RL 4.3)
Place students into BO rooms and ask students to read text and discuss questions

10. Teacher Read Aloud Buddy Read
Place students into BO rooms and ask students to read text and discuss questions

11. Will the king listen to Despereaux?
Buddy Read
Teacher Read Aloud
Place students into BO rooms and ask students to read text and discuss questions
Will the king listen to Despereaux?
(RL 4.1)

12. Pretend you are Despereaux. Explain your plan for rescuing the princess. Be sure to explain the steps you would take in chronological order.

13. Closure
How will the king react to the discovery of his daughter being missing?
Review with students

14. Homework
Discussion board?